Vaginal syringe.



PATENTBD MAR. .3, 1903. D. MoPHERSON. VAGINAL SYRINGE.

I APPLICATION FILED OUT. 16, 1902.

im MODEL.

DONALD MOPI-IERSON, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK.

VAGlNAL SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,180, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed October 16.19Q2. Serial No. 127,525. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD MoPHERsoN, of Palmyra, in the county ofWVayne and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Vaginal Syringes, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is a device for flushing and cleansing the vagina,involving the use of a syringe, the same being hereinafter fullydescribed, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

This invention is designed for use by a person or patient while lyingdown, the instrument being designed more particularly to be used inconnection with a fountain-syringe, though a piston-syringe orabulb-syringe may be advantageously employed with it if found moreconvenient.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device asin use. Fig. 2 is an end view seen as indicated by arrow 2 in Fig. 1,the syringe-tube being transversely sectioned on the dotted line at thepoint of the arrow. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device seen asindicated by arrow 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on thedotted line a 4: in Fig. 6. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the dottedline 5 5 in Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section of the bodyand other parts of the device, taken on the dotted line 6 6 in Fig. 3.Fig. '7 shows the syringe-tube detached, partly in central longitudinalsection.

In the drawings, A is a tapered body, of light wood, india-rubber, orother suitable material, substantially o'f frusto-conical form, designedto enter and temporarily close the entrance into the vagina, the saidbody A being oval in cross-section, as shown. The body A is formed witha longitudinal bore a, open ing out at both ends of the body, having itsaxis parallel with but at one side of the axis of the body, in which toreceive and hold a hollow hard rubber tip or tube B, substantially ofthe kind used with ordinary syringes. This tube is formed with a flange0, Fig. 7, outside of or beyond which the tube terminates in a taperedend or nipple b, with enlarged part or bead at the extreme end toreceive and hold an ordinary india-rubber pipe or hose 0, as shown,leading from an elevated fountain in the usual manner. The tube B islonger than the body A, with both ends projecting and provided with anannular stopper or ring of pliable packing material d, next the flangec, to stop and close the outer open end of the bore a, as shown in Fig.6. i

e is a curved longitudinal'branch passage through the bodyA beneath thebore a, opening out at both ends of the body, having its outer end inpart closed or stopped by a hollow nipple f, formed at its terminus toreceive a discharge hose or pipe D, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Thusformed and arranged there is a continuous passage for water or otherliquid down through the duct C, through the tube B well into the vagina,and thence out through the passage 6 and the discharge duct or hose D,as shown.

In employing this device the user is desirably in a prostrate position,as lying in bed, and after the body A, with its projectinginjecting-tube, is properly inserted, as stated, Water or other liquidfrom the fountain is allowed to flow downward through the hose 0, which,entering the extreme parts of the vagina with force through theperforated end of the tube B, flushes and cleanses the parts, the liquidafter performing this service flowing downward and outward through thehose D into some suitable receptacle beneath.

By means of this device, used in connection with an elevated fountain, aforceful stream of Water or other liquid may be permitted to flowcontinuously for a period of time into the vagina and then outward, asstated and for the purpose set forth.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a device of the character described, a body portion in a singleelement of substantially frusto-conical form, oval in cross-section andformed with longitudinal bore opening out at both ends of the body withits axis parallel to but at one side of the body and with a curvedlongitudinal branch passage through said body beneath the bore, andopening out at one end of the body and at its other end opening out atthe end of the body and merging in the said bore Within the body wherebya continuous passage is formed through the body from end to end andthence back through said curved branch, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 10th day ofOctober, 1902, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DONALD MoPI-IERSON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. GERARD, I PHILLIP LANGON.

